From the Division of Medical Humanities at NYU Langone Health and the Gold Foundation

We’re All Reading Wrong

"Reading, while not technically medicine, is a fundamentally wholesome activity," writes Alexandra Moe, who reviews how the tradition of reading aloud shifted into silent, solo reading — and what benefits we've lost with this change.

Continue reading in The Atlantic

Exhibition: Medicine & the Arts

Among the National Library of Medicine's exhibitions is Medicine & the Arts, with collections including "'And there’s the humor of it!': Shakespeare and the four humors," "Graphic Medicine: Ill-Conceived and Well-Drawn!" and "Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine in Harry Potter's World."

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Pictures have been teaching doctors medicine for centuries − a medical illustrator explains how

"Tell thousands about it without saying a word" reads one of the section titles in this essay, summing up succinctly how illustration can be used to communicate science and teach health professionals. This article is part of the Art & Science Collide series.

Continue reading in The Conversation

Cinemeducation to teach patient safety: an experience in medical students

How can the use of television and movies help medical students learn about patient safety? Irene Cambra-Badii and colleagues describe their qualitative study, which used clips from the TV series The Resident to engage learners about adverse effects and preventive measures.

Continue reading in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications

Featured Annotation: Conan Doyle's Tales of Medical Humanism and Values

In this annotation on the NYU Langone LitMed Database, Jack Coulehan writes, "This volume is clearly designed for discussion and teaching.... At least six of these stories could be considered for inclusion in medical school courses on humanism, professionalism, and physician-patient interaction."

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Gold Resource Library: Podcasts

The Gold Resource Library offers users the opportunity to engage with a variety of resources that can help foster the human connection in healthcare. The podcast collection highlights a number of great listens, including The Human Doctor, The Nocturnists, The Clinic and the Person, and the Gold Foundation's own The Gold Connection podcast.

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Quick Links:

• Anti and Alt Narratives: Illness and Chaos
• From Austen to Larkin: Why Writers Could Be More Prone to Hypochondria
• Final-year nursing students’ perceptions of humanistic education in nursing: a cross-sectional descriptive study
• Ancient Greek ideas of attunement can breathe new life into music
• Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: interdisciplinary creative art practice and nature connections

• Bellevue Literary Review: "Body Politic" call for story pitches, deadline 5/31/24
• Storozynski Writing Fellowship, Health, Humanities, & Society program at the University of Notre Dame, IN, application deadline 6/3/24
• The Future of Music and Arts in Medicine and Health, abstract deadline 6/30/24
• AMA Journal of Ethics: call for artwork - "Embodiment in Art Practice," deadline 7/30/24
• 2024 Conley Art of Medicine Contest, deadline 9/23/24
• Special issue of Studies in the Novel: Disability and Disease in the Novel, deadline 10/1/24
• Special issue of Analetica Hermeneutica: Rethinking patient-centered care: Exploring the interpretive and relational nature of clinical practice, deadline 1/1/25
• Panacea: online newsletter for and by patients, providers, caregivers and beyond, no deadline

Jun. 2

Project UnLonely Films Launch Event - Season 8 (online)

Jun. 6

2024 HumanisEM Conference - "A Nexus for Equity: Exploring the foundational role of the Health Humanities in addressing inequities in health and catalyzing connection across differences" (online)

Jun. 10

Gold Foundation Annual Gala (New York, NY)

Jun. 12

Exploring the Integration of Arts and Humanities for Teaching Health Equity (online)

Jun. 26-27

Awakenings at 50: Clinical and Cultural Retrospective (Dublin, Ireland)

Jul. 8-9

Compassion in Medical Education (C-MEd) Forum (San Diego, CA)

Jul. 15-19

Health and the Human Condition: First-Person Essays (Truro, MA)

Jul. 16-18

2024 Graphic Medicine Conference (Athlone, Ireland)

Sep. 4-6

2024 Kern National Network for Flourishing in Medicine Conference (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Sep. 24 - Feb. 18

Training our Eyes, Minds and Hearts: Visual Thinking Strategies for Health Care Professionals (online)

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